GOVT NEEDS HELP
FOLLOWING a three-hour meeting with Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley yesterday, Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has concluded one thing: the government needs help.
FOLLOWING a three-hour meeting with Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley yesterday, Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has concluded one thing: the government needs help.
THE TT Spirit,. sent on dry-dock for. its annual maintenance. on June 7 is. yet to return to service. although the TT. Inter-Island Transportation. Company. (TTIT) had then given. a one- month estimate. for completion. of repairs.
CARIBBEAN Airlines (CAL) yesterday announced the cancellation of its flight 439 today which was scheduled to fly from Grenada to Trinidad. In addition to flight 439, several flights yesterday between Port of Spain and Barbados and Grenada had to be cancelled because of tropical storm Don and the closure of Grenadas Maurice Bishop International Airport.
THE north and east sides of Tobago began experiencing Tropical Storm Dons strength from as early as 10 pm on Monday.
THE heavy rains which drenched the country yesterday was not blamed on Tropical Storm Don which steered well clear of Trinidad, but rather because of a sea breeze effect. Several hours of heavy rain caught many in mid stride as they went about their business.
OPPOSITION Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar flatly rejected Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowleys disparagement of the Integrity Commission and said that conversely the anti-corruption watchdog should be strengthened. This as she gave an account to the media of a meeting she held with Dr Rowley.
PRIME Minister Dr Keith Rowley yesterday said Government and the Opposition were unable to reach agreement on how to deal with difficulties in the Judiciary, especially the imbroglio which arose from the appointment of former chief magistrate Marcia Ayers Caesar as a judge and her subsequent resignation from that post.